A 911 should have a clock...

[TeeJayHoward]

...But it doesn't have to be a VDO.



Anyone know if this is a real gauge, or just a photoshop/AI-gen?

The clock is the good luck charm in an air-cooled 911. I'll never NOT have one in my car!

[skinnerd]

Think it’s a real gauge but the small dials are just for looks.
The clock does work though…

[EC900]

One of the hallmarks of German cars of yore is basic simplicity, free of snazzy. I contemplated on painstakingly changing out all the dismal plastic on gauge faces with real glass (never did) I seen this…

Tag Heuer Clock Guage

[darrin]

EC900 -- when John Bell repaired my speedometer (odometer gears finally failed), he replaced the original plastic speedo gauge face with a real glass one. Strongly suspect he could do the same with the plastic clock face as well. Makes a big difference on the speedo (imo)

[evan9eleven]

My John Bell custom clock... love it!

[silverlock]

Originally Posted by darrin

EC900 -- when John Bell repaired my speedometer (odometer gears finally failed), he replaced the original plastic speedo gauge face with a real glass one. Strongly suspect he could do the same with the plastic clock face as well. Makes a big difference on the speedo (imo)

Carbone sells a gauge kit with new screw-on knurled bezels and convex glass lenses. The glass makes a huge difference, and will be especially so on the tach & speedo.

Glass:



(Sharing this because the glass lens & knurled bezel makes the clock look slick too!)

[EC900]

Thanks for those leads.
That curved glass looks great, very clean. I take it the clock glass has a hole for setting the time?

I still get a little fogging on the fuel/oil level and at colder times on the temp/pressure plastic covers. Not too bad but enough to detract from an otherwise clean gauge display of the others.
Will have to wait for cooler days to attack the source of the fogging - which likely is the small paper/aluminum heater hose that’s askew or broken, or alway some heat escaping from the left flapper keeping warm air on the cooler gauge bodies.
A post for another day !

[RDM]

Originally Posted by silverlock

Carbone sells a gauge kit with new screw-on knurled bezels and convex glass lenses. The glass makes a huge difference, and will be especially so on the tach & speedo.

(Sharing this because the glass lens & knurled bezel makes the clock look slick too!)

Are the curved-glass gauges as reflective as the pictures make them look? If so, flat glass has some real readability advantages!

[mepstein]

The curved glass doesn’t look right on a Porsche.

[silverlock]

Originally Posted by RDM

Are the curved-glass gauges as reflective as the pictures make them look? If so, flat glass has some real readability advantages!

Photos really exaggerate it: no issues to the naked eye! I wouldn’t tolerate gauges that I couldn’t actually use given how much I drive my car.

The clock has the adjustment knob - finished in a soft-touch rubber and with a gold bezel. Not a good photo but what I have on hand:

[jac1976]

Sorry, I’ll say it…those bezels and glass don’t look right.

[PFNog]

Originally Posted by TeeJayHoward

...But it doesn't have to be a VDO.



Anyone know if this is a real gauge, or just a photoshop/AI-gen?

The clock is the good luck charm in an air-cooled 911. I'll never NOT have one in my car!

I believe Singer commissioned a few of those for their early builds, seem to have stopped offering them after a few cars were built .

[Jonny042]

Originally Posted by evan9eleven

My John Bell custom clock... love it!

Lovely. Everything I've seen from John Bell is consistently drool worthy...

If this is a later clock from your SC, how does it adjust?

I always liked the Heuer logo'd clocks (genuine or not) but adding fake chrono dials in addition to adding fake logos for a company that had nothing to do with the clock felt a bit disingenuous. When I built Project Heavy Metal, for fun, I had a face made (just a vinyl overlay) with the "base model" non-chrono Heuer Carrera watch logo. I thought it was a funny little easter egg but nobody ever got it, as far as I know:

[nickelplated5s]

They have these things called wrist watches... Even phones for the younger crowd. I have one but it runs a tad slow.

[SBell]

Originally Posted by Jonny042

Lovely. Everything I've seen from John Bell is consistently drool worthy...



If this is a later clock from your SC, how does it adjust?



I always liked the Heuer logo'd clocks (genuine or not) but adding fake chrono dials in addition to adding fake logos for a company that had nothing to do with the clock felt a bit disingenuous. When I built Project Heavy Metal, for fun, I had a face made (just a vinyl overlay) with the "base model" non-chrono Heuer Carrera watch logo. I thought it was a funny little easter egg but nobody ever got it, as far as I know:

My dad can give more specifics but this is a custom clock with a modern VDO movement in it. There's a small button on the back to adjust it.

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[MrBonus]

This is my custom clock by John Bell.

[AlKidd]

Does anyones bezels / lens make a poping noise from time to time when there is a sudden change in temps? My car is a cab and if I park where gauges get sun, Ill get a pop sound from one of them like its expanding too fast. Same in the winter if I have alot of heat through the defrost.

[Len 911]

Yes they pop and make sounds all the time. A very common thing.

[Matthew_VA]

I had to go more authentic...

[famoroso]

John Bell pieces. Great fun...